Pastor Maldonado Thread [Merged]

To be fair, although moron is a bit extreme, I think it's hard to disagree in this case. Maldonado is saying he actually chose to ignore the blue flags - that can't be allowed to happen.

Actually I think by far the worst stunt, and the one that could have put his license under review, by Maldonado or any one for that matter in years was what seemed like intentionally driving into Hamilton at Spa after the session was over.

All drivers are running their own races, they can't sacrifice it to make life easy for the front runners. Put Hamilton or Vettel or the like in a backmarking car at one of the hardest tracks to get out of the way on and see how they like it. And it's nice to see a driver sticking up for himself instead of all the PR talk.

When drivers are about to be lapped they have to ruin their own race for a moment, as they are obliged to let cars on lead lap through. Maybe it's not what they want, but that's what regulations say and they have to deal with oi, otherwise they will be penalised, as they were in Abu Dhabi.

Oh, and I remember in 2009 Lewis was lapped in few races and he was causing no problems, even when he was fighting with other drivers.

Typical blonde.

Sorry, I meant typical troll.

He is a nutter. A fast nutter nonetheless!! And he's improving his consistency. Soon he'll be a fast consistent nutter.

The nutter part is not going away though. Not necessarily a bad thing.

Yep, but I'm afraid he can cause very nasty accident and we saw a glimpse of that at Spa. As Martin Haven said back in 2009. there are two versions of Pastor. Good version - fast and consistent, and bad one - making stupid mistakes, having brainfades and being very dangerous to other drivers.

Actually I think by far the worst stunt, and the one that could have put his license under review, by Maldonado or any one for that matter in years was what seemed like intentionally driving into Hamilton at Spa after the session was over.

This. Given his shameful history in lower categories, if I was steward, he wouldn't start Belgian GP and his license would be temporary for the rest of the season, in case he can pull it off again. But money rules the world, so...

Well I think Pastor is one of the best 6 or 7 drivers in the grid this year, yeah I mean it. The guy got the speed and the FW34 is really suiting him.

And looking at how Hulkenberg is getting destroyed by Paul race after race I think it wasn't a bad choice to have Pastor, he brought a good amount of sponsorship and he's very brave on the track, clumsy some times but very exciting to watch!

Well I think Pastor is one of the best 6 or 7 drivers in the grid this year, yeah I mean it.

That's it.

He doesn't have too much luck this year and made several mistakes, but his pace is stunning. He's not only fast. He is consistently fast. Although his results aren't very impressive so far, I'm sure this will change soon and more people will realise how quick he can be. For me he is the Hamilton of the midfield. Maybe he could score more points on some ocassion if he wouldn't be so agressive, but he is very quick and almost unbeatable on his good day. I look forward to see what he can do on the tracks that suit more for both him and FW34 than Bahrain and China. With some luck, he will astonish those people who don't believe that he is good driver. He is going to make some mistakes for sure, but I'm sure he will have some more consistent weekends too. If he will mature a bit, may become a really top driver. Great deal for the team with his sponsorship.

I think you would have trouble to find more than 5-6 drivers who would drive FW34 consistently faster than him. Maybe he didn't deliver the best this season due to mistakes, but he proved earlier in his career that he can start driving consistent when get into a proper rhythm. I'm sure he won't be doing so much mistakes when become accustomed to fighting for big points. He haven't done a major mistake since he had missed the pit in Malaysia. Since then he had an engine failure, puncture and have suffered due to chaos on first lap in China which wasn't his mistake. His race in China was very good since then and he was stunning in Bahrain until he got a puncture. So lack of results was caused one time due to his mistake (Australia) and two times due to bad luck (failures in Malaysia and Bahrain). In China he could have a better result with better luck also. But bad luck won't last forever and he is going to have some great races this season and my bet is that he will score a podium position in 2012.

He doesn't have too much luck this year and made several mistakes, but his pace is stunning. He's not only fast. He is consistently fast. Although his results aren't very impressive so far, I'm sure this will change soon and more people will realise how quick he can be. For me he is the Hamilton of the midfield. Maybe he could score more points on some ocassion if he wouldn't be so agressive, but he is very quick and almost unbeatable on his good day. I look forward to see what he can do on the tracks that suit more for both him and FW34 than Bahrain and China. With some luck, he will astonish those people who don't believe that he is good driver. He is going to make some mistakes for sure, but I'm sure he will have some more consistent weekends too. If he will mature a bit, may become a really top driver. Great deal for the team with his sponsorship.

I think you would have trouble to find more than 5-6 drivers who would drive FW34 consistently faster than him. Maybe he didn't deliver the best this season due to mistakes, but he proved earlier in his career that he can start driving consistent when get into a proper rhythm. I'm sure he won't be doing so much mistakes when become accustomed to fighting for big points. He haven't done a major mistake since he had missed the pit in Malaysia. Since then he had an engine failure, puncture and have suffered due to chaos on first lap in China which wasn't his mistake. His race in China was very good since then and he was stunning in Bahrain until he got a puncture. So lack of results was caused one time due to his mistake (Australia) and two times due to bad luck (failures in Malaysia and Bahrain). In China he could have a better result with better luck also. But bad luck won't last forever and he is going to have some great races this season and my bet is that he will score a podium position in 2012.

You're very right! he had all the bad luck this season.

I can't blame him for his crash in Australie, I watched the onboard race and at the last lap Alonso started to struggle with his tires and made an error on turn 3, Pastor found himself in need to exploit that but BANG!!

What a remarkable victory, no changeable conditions or safety car or chaos. A deserved pole and a controlled performance without a single error with Alonso behind him all race. Like Alonso holding Schumacher behind him at Imola 2005, this race could be a coming of age.

Either these tyres are a supreme equalizer(for the low) like MS says, or we are seeing that the super stars of the sport really arent much better than other drivers... We have seen perez very close, now maldonado wins.

I thought he should have been DQ'd for that disgraceful hissy fit when he crashed into Hamilton after Spa qualy last year, but credit where it's due he's put in some solid performances since and he really impressed me today not losing his head.

Nobody will call him a pay driver anymore, congrats first victory in F1, a brillant victory. No we will see if this a one hit wonder more or less like Perez or if the car will be good in the coming tracks.

He's shown great pace, tenacity and his fair share of poor decisions in his first 1.25 seasons in F1 but this weekend he was supreme and flawless as were his Williams team! Well done Pastor and Williams!

Well done Jaws, excellent performance. This has been such a crazy start to the season, with setup appearing to be king, that I am not quite convinced by Maldonado yet. Nevertheless, a superb maiden win.

Im glad I backed him too since last year. He showed flashes or brilliance. His fight with Alonso at melbourne was great. Today he delivered on the promise. Its gonna be a great year for him, and F1. And to think that many drivers can only dream of winning a race.